The Golden State Warriors' poor start has officially struck a nerve in the locker room, and Draymond Green isn't hiding his frustration.
After a 126-122 loss to Oklahoma City, the veteran forward made it clear that the Warriors' current identity doesn't match the standards that defined their dynastic era.
“Everybody is committed to winning and doing it in any way possible. But right now, that's not the case … you have to fight your way out of it,” Green told reporters at Paycom Center. “Any time you get into some kind of trouble in this league, it's never going to be easy, it's never going to be easy to get out of it. You've got to find a way out. And right now, that's not the character of this team.”
Jimmy Butler, who joined the team last season and helped the team win 23 of its final 31 games, echoed Green's sentiments at least in part.
“I think he's partially right,” Butler said. “We have to get back to winning at all costs. Everybody has to sacrifice something. I can't tell you what everyone's sacrifice is. Everybody's sacrifice might be different every night. But we have to get back to winning being the most important thing, the only thing. It's going to be up to the collective, as a team, to figure out what it takes to win.”
The comments come as the Golden State Warriors sit at 6-6 and have one of the worst offenses in the league, even though Stephen Curry remains the team's mainstay.
A team that looked resurgent after a 4-1 start quickly fell into a 2-5 slump, raising questions about chemistry, sacrifice and the urgency needed to compete in a tight Western Conference.
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